Sunday, January 24, 2021

Che Fece … Il Gran Rifiuto by Constantine P. Cavafy

Che Fece … Il Gran Rifiuto

For certain people there comes a day
when they are called upon to say the great Yes
or the great No. It’s clear at once who has
the Yes within him at the ready, which he will say
as he advances in honor, in greater self-belief.
He who refuses has no second thoughts. Asked
again, he would repeat the No. And nonetheless
that No—so right—defeats him all his life.

(Translated by Daniel Mendelsohn)



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